This is what site-specific theatre is about. The cast and crew of Wreckage used the location to its fullest potential. This show is a must-see even if only for that reason. Underneath the Ferry Dock is a murky and magical place with who knows what lurking in its depths. It is the absolutely perfect location for this haunting work.
As for the performance itself, it was certainly powerful, detracted from a little by the unfortunate site-lines that the beams of the dock guarantee. But a little shifting in your seat is a small price to pay....
Moxie, performed at Studio 1398, is a three-act show featuring stories of women set in different eras showing “moxie”. I was not impressed with this play or the performance. I must have a different operational definition of the word moxie. I think of moxie as a demonstrating strength and determination in the face of difficulty.
I will admit at the start that I am not a big fan of physical comedy. I do believe that part of any creative process is pushing the boundaries of subject matter that can be explored by a particular medium or style or genre. Malice and Delight uses clowning to examine jealousy, insecurity, and competition. This may not be the best fit.
Frankly, the title says it all -- because that's what I was doing throughout most of the show. Screaming Silently is a trainwreck, I'm afraid, and no amount of cute stage business or earnest delivery can save it. The play is about four adult siblings reunited upon the death of their egomaniac film-director father, one Giles Forbes. In the style of such stories, the siblings return home to pay their last respects and rivalries and dark secrets emerge.
Chanti Mullen is a performance artist and healing facilitator who combines dance gestures and monologue in Mana, presented at the False Creek Gym. While the actual meaning of the word Mana depends on the context in which it is used, Mullen defines the term as being “the substance of a soul”. She takes us on a spiritual quest.
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What do I write about this improv, other than to welcome this talented troupe from Seattle to the Vancouver Fringe, and let them know that our cars travel kilometres just like in France. On Tuesday night the two women moved, talked, and sang about goose shit, while a man named Richard played the electric piano.
Sinead Cormack (writer/performer) seems to be talented and certainly is likeable. I kept rooting for her play to entertain because I wanted her to succeed. But, there was no emotional traction in Run for Your Life and my patience with it ended long before the play did.
The story of Cormack’s life and travels, a story which could help us jump into exploring where and what “home” is and why we leave home to wander the world, is riddled with the holes of her running back and forth over a large map of the world traced on the floor, trying...
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party is a fast-paced, interactive performance loosely based on Alice in Wonderland. Playwright and actor Andrew Wade manages to assemble components of the original story into a cohesive tale of the Mad Hatter, whose personal demons drive him to take refuge in the rabbit hole.
Maritime inspired art has a power and beauty beyond itself. “The Selkie Wife,” inspired both by Ireland and Newfoundland is lovely and deeply moving. This is a poignant tale of the deep passion between Irish fisherman Driscoll Murphy (Jordan Cutbill) and his “selkie” wife Muirin Murphy (Erin Germaine Mahoney). Not only inspired by the ocean, the performance is beautifully located at Circle Point, with the water (False Creek, which is ocean-y enough) and the circle grove with its centre hummock a perfect frame for the production.
What is a selkie? A mythical sea changeling – a seal-person who is drawn...
"Have you ever pondered what lies beyond your front gate? Did you go out and take a risk, try something new? If yes, hopefully your dearest friend or sister was there to hear your exciting tale and perhaps love and comfort you if you went astray. Enjoy our fairy tale in the glen.."
The Goblin Market - A Musical through setting, music, and performance takes us into a magical otherworld away from our common realities.
Easily and wonderfully the physical setting of Circle Point slips this site specific piece into...
